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Enlightenment
ɪnˈlʌɪtənm(ə)nt
Enlightenment definitions
noun
enlightenment
enlightenments
- the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
"Robbie looked to me for enlightenment"
understanding insight education learning knowledge awareness information erudition wisdom instruction teaching- the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth
"the key to enlightenment is the way of the Buddha"
- a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith